"My child, congratulations on your ascension to godhood."
The voice of the Immortal Dragon Queen resonated.
Her colossal, almost unfathomable dragon form slowly shrank into a five-headed dragon only a few thousand meters in length, coiling in the star realm's void, addressing Garon and the divine scourge dragon together.
With the Immortal Dragon Queen's abilities, it was not hard to discern the shared soul between the divine scourge dragon and Garon.
"A new dragon god is born in our dragon lineage today, a day worth commemorating."
A faint smile played on the lips of the Immortal Dragon Queen.
Garon and the divine scourge dragon nodded together, saying, "We thank you for your support and protection, Dragon Queen."
Although the appropriation of divine rank for Garon was initially just a transaction, Garon could see the seriousness with which the Immortal Dragon Queen approached this matter.
The Dragon Queen is, in fact, an evil deity.
A god who forges her divine realm within the abyss of Afarnas could hardly be a benevolent deity.
In the entire multiverse, all beings who know of the Dragon Queen's name feel a genuine fear and caution, lest they attract her attention.
But Garon felt that whether an evil god or a benevolent one,
What mattered was that she stood on the same side as him.
"The original divine realm of Rabilas was located in the realm of Aphen."
"Unfortunately, the realm of Aphen is the stronghold of the elf divine lineage, including the divine realms of the goddess of life and the chief elf god."
"Although you have taken all of Rabilas's powers, including control of the divine realm, you can only relinquish the original realm and forge a new one in another plane."
"This is inevitable; a single dragon god venturing alone into the realm of Aphen is tantamount to seeking death."
Garon and the divine scourge dragon exchanged looks and slowly nodded.
A god with a divine realm is entirely different from a god without one.
A god's power is not static; in their own divine realm, a deity's combat power can be greatly enhanced.
Even a powerful deity would not casually attack a mid-tier deity in their own divine realm.
This was also why the previous near assassination of the sea elf god within his divine realm had alarmed and frightened many deities, indicating that the perpetrator was among the top tier in powerful deities, not merely a quasi-powerful deity.
"The importance of a divine realm to a deity is unquestionable."
"To forge a divine realm, you need to choose a suitable plane."
"Then, based on your chosen plane, evolve an independently functioning space with transcendent divine power, establish physical rules, elemental characteristics, and develop an environment."
"Moreover, to create a powerful divine realm, you need to collect sufficiently precious treasures that can amplify transcendent divine power, enhance divine jurisdiction, set up grand arrays that weaken all deities except yourself, and gather an army of divine servants with sufficient numbers and strength."
The Immortal Dragon Queen shared some points of consideration with Garon and the divine scourge dragon.
Both dragons listened attentively.
This was not just a matter for the divine scourge dragon but also for him.
After discussing the divine realm, the Immortal Dragon Queen looked at Garon and the divine scourge dragon, her tone serious: "Your current divine rank matches Rabilas's exactly, placed at fourteen."
"However, it won't be long before your divine rank and transcendent divine power begin to decline."
Before Garon could ask why, the Immortal Dragon Queen continued: "Don't panic; this is inevitable."
"The previous god of fate and history's followers were primarily elves, but as a newly born dragon god, in a hostile relationship with the elves, you will lose most of their faith."
"This will likely cause you to fall to a lesser divine power, like us."
The Immortal Dragon Queen's several heads simultaneously stared at Garon and the divine scourge dragon, saying: "However, after this battle, there is a trend of reconsolidation of faith among our dragon race, and it is not impossible for you to rise back to mid-tier divine power."
All dragon gods have believers from species other than their own, but their primary source of faith still comes from their own kind.
Garon had felt this when he was still in the material world.
Due to the war, the true dragons' faith in the dragon gods was strengthening. When the war was led by individual dragon gods to complete victory, this faith was expected to rise a notch.
Conversely, if they failed, faith in the dragon gods was bound to decline again.
Nearly all true dragons revere strength; no dragon wants to worship an incapable dragon god.
"We understand, thank you for the guidance, Dragon Queen."
Garon and the divine scourge dragon nodded together.
Then, the Immortal Dragon Queen glanced at
the deeper regions of the star realm where other dragon gods and elf deities were battling.
The moment the god of fate and history was replaced and a new dragon god was born.
All elf deities and dragon gods sensed this significant event.
For dragon gods in the same camp, naturally, they were overjoyed, while the elf deities' expressions turned grave, realizing the seriousness of the situation, as one by one, they left the battle group and returned to the elf realm.
In this process, the dragon gods did not stop the elf deities from leaving.
There was no need; the objective of this celestial conflict among the deities had been achieved.
It is difficult to kill a god.
The death of a mid-tier deity is a major event in tens of thousands of years.
Especially since Rabilas was usurped rather than directly killed; until the divine scourge Garon, who succeeded in deification, dies, the elf divine lineage, no matter the cost, cannot revive this deity.
In the depths of the star realm.
The Metal Dragon God retracted her river-like colossal dragon wings, gazing at the Goddess of Life.
Across from the Metal Dragon God, the Goddess of Life, shrouded in divine light, looked somewhat pale.
"This was a trap."
"Did you consider the heavy price my elf divine lineage might pay to save Solina?"
At this moment, Anguis recalled the chief elf god Korellon's helpless persuasion.
Before this, the Goddess of Life felt that no matter how severe the price, it would only result in her deities being seriously injured, needing tens of thousands of years to recover, but the developments had now exceeded her expectations.
The god of fate and history was directly usurped.
This cost was immensely painful for the elf divine lineage.
Generally, ten or more deities of the same lineage can be called a divine lineage; counting all members of the elf divine lineage, including demi-gods, there are only about a dozen.
Mid-tier deities are even fewer in number.
In any divine lineage, mid-tier deities are key members.
The death of even one is a severe blow.
"Anguis, do we continue this battle?"
The Metal Dragon God looked at the Goddess of Life and said.
The Goddess of Life did not speak, raising her hand, a blood-stained light tore through the star realm, returning to her hand.
The Spear of Dusk had wounded the Arbitration Dragon God, Landis, but only caused minor injuries, as attacking a physically robust dragon god from such a distance was unrealistic.
But this was the only achievement of the elf divine lineage.
Neither the Destruction Dragon God Karesk nor the Deception and Runes Dragon Hel were harmed.
Under the watchful eyes of the Metal Dragon God, the Goddess of Life's expression was grave, her body becoming ethereal, and without a word, she left the star realm.
Subsequently, accompanied by the overwhelming divine might and dragon might, several jubilant dragon cries almost resonated throughout the entire star realm.
"The god of fate and history henceforth falls."
"The Eternal and Time Dragon, the Master of the Dragon Court, the Dragon God of Time, Garon Aurelian, ascends to godhood today."
"My children of the dragon race, celebrate this!"
"Celebrate that this war is about to come to a victory!"
"Celebrate the rebirth and dignity of our race!"
"Celebrate the birth of the Eternal and Time Dragon!"
Not only in the star realm.
In other planes as well, the divine might of various dragon gods simultaneously erupted, spreading this news at the same time to nearly all world planes.
The massive divine might swept all directions.
All beings swept by the divine might trembled, receiving the will of the deities.
The true dragons were initially startled, then one by one showed excited expressions, flapping their wings, soaring towards the heavens, their necks raised, spewing fiery dragon breath.
This grand scene unfolded in different planes and worlds.
It was like a celebration of the birth of a dragon god.
As for other species, looking up at the sky-covering dragons, they exchanged glances, shrouded in the shadow of dragon wings.
The elf race also learned of the fall of their deity, standing dazed and stunned, their world seemingly collapsing into blood-red chaos.
Especially those who were followers of the god of fate and history.
These elf followers felt as if the sky had fallen, some crying bitterly, kneeling on the ground, others like lifeless corpses, pale and silent.
In this moment, all clerics of the god of fate and history lost their divine grace.
In the star realm.
Garon and the divine scourge dragon's gaze flashed.
Garon looked at the divine scourge dragon, who lowered his head to look at himself.
An odd state emerged on the divine scourge dragon.
His transcendent divine power was weakening while simultaneously increasing, achieving a strange balance, but overall, it was still slowly diminishing.
As
the news of the divine scourge Garon's successful deification spread.
The faith originally belonging to the elf race plummeted, while a large amount of faith from the dragon race gathered, causing the current odd state.
Afterward, Garon looked towards the Immortal Dragon Queen.
He could feel that the Immortal Dragon Queen's aura was slowly strengthening, her divine light and transcendent divine power both rising.
Not only Garon, but due to the heartening news, the faith power gained by each dragon god was increasing. As expected, once the dragon race recuperated for a period and recovered from the losses of this war, they would reach a new peak.
"My original self, I should choose a suitable plane and begin constructing a divine realm."
"Later, I will declare to the outside world that you are my holy avatar active in the external world, and I am the true body."
The divine scourge dragon said to Garon.
Garon understood the divine scourge dragon's intent, as this was also his own thought.
"That's a better approach."
After today, Garon could foresee that more enemies would regard him as a potential threat.
And the reverse flow of time is not invincible.
He didn't know if there were future Garons beyond powerful deities, but this possibility was minuscule.
In such a case, if several powerful deities with grudges against the dragon lineage were determined to kill Garon and knew that Garon was the original body, like when the Dragon Queen ambushed Korellon, Garon could not guarantee his survival.
Conversely.
If the active Garon in the outside world is regarded as an avatar, and the divine scourge Garon is considered the true body, then the situation would be different.
No deity would want to make a big fuss to kill an avatar.
Especially when this avatar is nearly invincible at its level.
By then, even if the divine scourge Garon were killed, as long as he, the original body, remained alive, it would be relatively easy to resurrect him, and he could use this to identify the powerful deities wanting to strike at him.
Only Garon himself, the Metal Dragon God, and the Immortal Dragon Queen currently knew of the connection between Garon's avatar and the original body.
Even other dragon gods were unaware.
The divine scourge Garon's body vanished in a blaze of divine brilliance, then the Immortal Dragon Queen also left the star realm.
Garon surveyed his surroundings, looking at the silvery void around him, and slowly exhaled.
Using time teleportation, he returned to the black crystal palace.
Knowing that this place would become a hotspot, Garon had previously dispersed the nearby star realm's dragon kin. In the boundless silvery void, it seemed as if only the black crystal palace remained suspended motionless.
After a while.
In the dragon lair.
The silver dragon closed its eyes, murmuring softly.
"This war should come to a complete end now."
The contract dragon horns rose with a faint glow, conveying through Garon's will to all members of the dragon court the message to launch a final assault.
The god of fate and history falls.
As expected, the elf race was already preparing for a large-scale retreat back to the elf realm.
Now was the time for the counter-curse to play its role.
At this moment, the legendary dragons of the dragon court in different planar worlds all received the message from the master of the dragon court.
The dragons, initially surprised and delighted at the news of their lord's deification, immediately prepared for battle.
With the material world as the main battlefield, the dragon armies gathered and simultaneously began a total assault on the elf strongholds in different worlds.
In one of the material worlds.
Weiz World.
In this material world, there were no quasi-divine dragons or demi-elf gods, making it a minor battle zone.
Upon receiving the lord's command, the dragon armies in various parts of this world assembled, then, with a massive army of kin and monstrous creatures, they marched overwhelmingly towards the elf strongholds.
Maple Leaf Forest, one of this world's elf strongholds.
Within the protective barrier of the Mislock, several elf casters were preparing the teleportation circles to return to the elf realm, as if heavy clouds overshadowed this forest.
But executing a large-scale evacuation was not something that could be completed in a short time.
Soon, the sentries spotted the approaching dragon army.
The Mislock barrier glowed brightly, condensing into a physical energy shield that protected the entire Maple Leaf Forest, keeping the dragon army at bay.
Based on past experiences.
The dragon army would immediately begin bombarding the Mislock barrier.
But what unsettled the elves here was that this time, when the true dragon army approached the elf stronghold, they unusually halted directly, even the mixed kin and monstrous creatures stopped their advance.
This was like the calm before a storm, making it even more tense.
Quickly.
Several dragons and
kin creatures capable of casting spells smirked at the Mislock barrier, then began chanting deep incantations.
The incantation initially started quietly, but within a few seconds, it merged into a sound wave that soared into the sky.
Under the command of the legendary dragons, the tangible wave of incantations surged powerfully, crashing into the Mislock barrier.
Then, under the astonished gazes of the elves, the supposedly indestructible, impressively defensive Mislock barrier visibly dissolved, like ice meeting flame, rapidly vanishing in the sound of the incantation.
Thus, the elf stronghold lost its protection, exposed bare before the true dragon army.
Then, under the setting sun, Maple Leaf Forest ignited with blazing fires, dragons roared, and monsters rampaged.
As expected, the dragon army quickly flattened this stronghold.
And this was just a microcosm of countless battle zones.
Similar scenes simultaneously occurred in different material worlds and even outer planes.
From this point on.
This cross-world, cross-plane war between dragons and elves came to a close with the victory of the dragon race.
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